FKTs Green Mountain Boulder - Bear Canyon Route

Update - starting this list on 04/07/11. Good broader reference is Peter Bawkin's FKT site. I will update this as I get info, updates ...

Aaron Kennard provided the first entry I list below here. I am willing to post times from two routes here - one starting at Bear Canyon's entrance off the Mesa and the other actually starting at the Ranger Cottage at Chautauqua.

Aaron's initial entry states: The route I clocked today was from the sign posts at the start of the bear canyon single track at the junction of the mesa trail and the bear canyon trail. I stopped the clock at the summit marker. I started at chataqua and warmed up for the first 3 miles across mesa over to bear canyon. Stats for the ascent route: 3.01 miles – 1842′ vertical – 950′ vertical for the first 2 miles – 890′ for the last mile.

Shorter route

Aaron Kennard: 36:31 from comments on 062111 (was ...38:21)
Scott Barnes 36:35

Jason Schlarb 38:47 (from comments on 04-23-11)

Jay - 39:03 (from comments on 113011)

FKTs Green Mountain Boulder - Gregory Ranger Greenman (Middle Route)

Update - starting this list on 01/20/11. Good broader reference is Peter Bawkin's FKT site. I will update this as I get info, updates ... when I write this, I am throwing in names of folks who I know are on the list - even if I don't know their time. There is no "cut off standard" for the list so just comment or drop me a note and I will update the post. Where possible, I will also link to a trip report / time post.

This route starts at the Gregory Lot, at the trailhead, follows the Ranger trail but then breaks up the Greenman trail a few minutes past the cabin on the Ranger trail. Route is about 5k, gaining over 2200 feet. Here is a link to the route's KML file to open in things like Google Earth.

Sage Canaday:  34:15 FKT - via YouTube video

Jason Schlarb 35:56 - from 041212 comments - FKT

previously ... - 36:04 - see comments below, 03-31-2011

37:51 2-23-11 -stating in the comments: I started at the gregory canyon parking lot (trail head post), up gregory canyon to green mtn lodge, then to the left to go up greenman (relatively flatter/fast secion), to the right turn at the saddle rock junction and finish at the summit post.

My Garmin 405 had the route at 3.15 miles, 2,290ft climbing, in 37:51.

Levi Severson - 36:55 - see comments below, 04-18-2011

Jeff Valliere -  38:08 from 070512 comments
39;14 from 050612 comments, was  40:0510-4-11 44:27 2-19-11

George Zack  43:17 04-01-11

Aaron Kennard - 45:06

- see comments below, 03-31-2011

Mtnrunner2 - 50:23 running Gregory TH > Saddle Rock > Greenman > summit (slightly different path)

FKTs Green Mountain Boulder - Amp - Saddle - Greenman

11/19/2012 update:  again, according to his Twitter, SC goes up in 28:09.

08/14/2012 update - according to Sage Canaday's twitter, he ran the front side in 28:43.

07/08/2012 update:  well, Tony put up a crazy fast time on the front route.  New official FKT.

04/20/2012 update, after some conversation and consideration on this post - I am moving two times to a different part of the list.  These are fast times by strong runners, who have resumes that speak for themselves.  However, their times on this course were in some regard not appropriately timed in some fashion.  Because of this, it is not appropriate to consider their times in direct comparison to the overall list.  That said, I don't want to lose the record of what they did - regardless of how they did it.  Clearly, Rickey ran faster than Dave on that day in May 2009, and later ran a sub 60 at Mount Washington.  We just don't know how fast he really ran - but he beat the rest up the hill on that day in August 2010.  It is my hope that we get a day where we can line Rickey, Tony, Jason, Tim, Johnny T, Jeff V and Dave M up against each other for a true showdown on the hill.
Update - starting this list on 01/19/11. Good broader reference is Peter Bawkin's FKT site. I will update this as I get info, updates ... when I write this, I am throwing in names of folks who I know are on the list - even if I don't know their time. There is no "cut off standard" for the list so just comment or drop me a note and I will update the post. Where possible, I will also link to a trip report / time post.

This route starts at the Gregory Lot - not the bridge! Follows the Amphitheater trail to Saddle Rock - and then Greenman to the top of Green. KML file for Google Earth

Sage Canaday - (11.19.2012) 28:09 28:43
Anton Krupicka - 28:54, 7-8-2012previously, 30:44 November 4, 2010

Jason Schlarb 30;18 (April 19, 2012 - see comments)
previously 30:49 (April 28, 2011 - see comments)

Dave Mackey - 31:28 May 28, 2009

Jeff Valliere - 32:24
George Zack - 34:48, July 27, 2007 - a bit old so 35:20 from August 12, 2010 may be more appropriate
Mike Hinterberg 35:00, September 29, 2011

Eric Lee - 36:58 from comments on July 28,2011

Levi 04-07-11 - from comments from Jason Schlarb: 37:10

John "Homie" Prater - 37:06 from comments on 041812
previously 37:34 from comments on 0409.
previously 38:38. June 18, 2010
Tim Long - 38:07, May 28, 2009

Brandon Fuller - 38:22 from 2010-06-29

Shad Mika 39:25 (Comments 04262011)
Cole Peterson 40:03 (comments 051112)

Jacob Rydman 40:30 January 2011

Other times (see comment from 4-20-2012 above)
Rickey Gates - ... **bit of question this given some outstanding watch issue, but May 28, 2009 - 28:48
Tim Waggoner - 30:50 August 12, 2010 ** Tim's post on this - "I can't count it though as I did stop for a bio break and stopped my watch"

FKTs Green Mountain Boulder - Gregory Ranger

Update - starting this list on 01/19/11. Good broader reference is Peter Bawkin's FKT site. I will update this as I get info, updates ... when I write this, I am throwing in names of folks who I know are on the list - even if I don't know their time. There is no "cut off standard" for the list so just comment or drop me a note and I will update the post. Where possible, I will also link to a trip report / time post.

This route starts at the Gregory Lot, at the trailhead, follows the Ranger trail to the top.

Sage Canaday - updated 050613 according to Strava, Sage went up sub 29:52.  Screen shots on this post over here.  UPDATE 050713 - Sage left a comment that the Strava route is short, and his actual up (AND THE FKT) is 30:42.  If that is true that means there is about a 1 minute differential between what Sage has and what Strava has.  That means generally about a 3% difference in times that could be applied across the board the Strava posts.
Update on 0701713 got a tip via Twitter from Rob Timko that Sage went 31:48 on this route ... edge of parking lot pavement Gregory-Ranger to summit post: 31:48. 
 Jason Schlarb - January 2011 -33:16 (runner's top), 33:28 to tip top

Anton Krupicka - 33:39 April 18, 2010

Jeff Valliere - 34:37 - (Jeff's split description from a recent post where he improved his PR by a second)

Nick Clark - 35:03 December 2010

Dave Mackey - 37:55 February 14, 2011

Jim Petterson 38:47 (summit marker) July 6, 2010

Brandon Fuller 39:35 from 8-2-2011 - and improvement over 39:45 from 2010-07-01
George Zack - 41:53 1-22-13 August 5, 2011 - 43:30 (I am still sure I have done faster than this but I can't find any evidence of that.)

Rob Timko 57:39, 8/2/2011 updated to - 51:54 - from comments on 091712


Update 050713
Strava seems to be tracking this route, and so here is a link to that.  Below are a few screen shots from that.

What the FKT list looked like on May 6 2012 according to Strava.


What the FKT list looked like on January 7 2013 according to Strava.